Alienware Alpha Cooling

Incognito32432 · July 31, 2018

Okay, so I have owned an Alienware Alpha for about 6-7 months now and have wondering a little about it, so when I am playing a graphics intensive game such as GTA V, the 2 fans start to become really loud and annoying, so I was wondering due to how small this is there any way to increase the cooling in it at somewhat of a low cost, I don't want to have this kill its self by running so hot and not being able to cool its self down fast enough.

Beef Boss · July 31, 2018

Maybe try different thermal paste? Or making sure the fins are clean. Sometimes dust can get stuck inside the fins. Don't just blow air into the computer either...

TetraSky · July 31, 2018

Except changing the thermal paste for maybe something higher end to prevent the temps from getting too high and making the fans spins, there isn't much you can do.

The inside seems to have two custom blower type heatsinks/fans, so you can't change those easily for lower noise fans.

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But, what you may be able to do, is either changing the fan curve through software /BIOS, if at all possible so that it stays at lower RPM until a set temperature. Or buy some low noise fan adapters if the fans themselves have 3/4 pin cables on them and not some proprietary crap.

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NA-SRC7-Accessory-Low-Noise-Adaptors/dp/B00KG3KP1U/
This WILL impact your thermals, so if it was already reaching high temps, it could end up thermal throttling.